Port Lambton was linked by ferry with Roberts Landing, MI until 1983 when the U.S. Government declined to continue providing immigration officers.

The first settler in the area was Francis Baby from Detroit, who settled at Baby's Point, 1.5 km. S. Duncan McDonald from Ohio was the first settler on the site of the present community, arriving in 1820.

The place was first known as Lambton Village, and was named Port Lambton when the post office opened in 1871.

The community took its name from the county, which was named after John George Lambton, Earl of Durham and governor-in-chief of British North America and lord high commissioner in 1838.

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Joseph Finn on 13-Jul-10

Port Lambton was a summertime hangout for lots of kids from the 'BURG'. {Wallaceburg} We would always go into 'Joes' (The Annex)for a shake and burger because we grew up and went to school with his grandkids Jimmy & Bruce Richards. Next to the Port Lambton ferry doc and Customs Canada was the government dock...a great place to swim and fish. Cottages dotted Hwy 40 along the St. Clair River there. My dad used to walk across the St Clair River on the iced during the depression to buy butter. Those were the days indeed. My first love was from Port Lambton. Yikes!